Fortnite Reload 42.40 Update Notes

New Features

Reboot Timer Updates

In Duos and Squads, we’ve added more actions to reduce teammates' reboot timers. We’ve increased the reboot time to accommodate these changes, adding 15 seconds to each game stage phase.

Looting (Opening Containers)

• 1 second reduced for opening ammo containers and similar small boxes, such as Produce Boxes.

• 2 seconds reduced for opening chests.

• 4 seconds reduced for opening rare chests.

Damage Dealt

• 1 second reduced for every 30 points of damage.

Downs and Eliminations (Unchanged)

• Duos: 2 seconds reduced for downing an opponent.

• Duos: 3 seconds reduced for eliminating an opponent.

• Duos: 5 seconds reduced for wiping a team.

• Squads: 2 seconds reduced for downing an opponent.

• Squads: 4 seconds reduced for eliminating an opponent.

• Squads: 10 seconds reduced for eliminating a team.

Time To Reboot

• Duos: 27 / 27 / 27 / 29 / 31 / 31

• Duos Previously: 12 / 12 / 12 / 15 / 15 / 17 /17

• Squads: 45 / 45 / 45 / 50 / 50 / 55 / 55

• Squads Previously: 30 / 30 / 30 / 35 / 35 / 40 / 40

🆕Map Rotation

Get ready! Squid Grounds takes over for an exclusive weekend, October 15–19. Afterward, a fresh map rotation will drop. Both Ranked and Unranked players get Nitemare Island, Squid Grounds, and Stranger Things map.

🔄 Reload Loot Pool Updates

Unvaulted

• Iron Pump Shotgun

• Morphite Tactical Shotgun

Vaulted

• Gatekeeper Shotgun (still available on Nitemare Island)

• Twin Hammer Shotguns

Reload Bug Fixes & Quality of Life Improvements

We made adjustments to the Hunt match modifier, enabling more gameplay items to be rewarded with each Hunt win. This was previously only awarded Kado Thorne’s Siphon weapons.

For other fixes, improvements and known issues in v42.40, check out this post.

See you in the new game update!

The Reload Dev Team

REALLY you had to change the reload map??????????? at least have the map mastery progress TRANSFERED

just got on and i see this i love you epic games 😍

Frrrrr

AND ITS THIS GARBAGE MAP FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND GG EPIC...

tbh i honestly would've increased the reload time without changing what actions effect it (tho damage dealing is pretty good.) id say ~30 seconds is pretty steep, especially considering the fact that it wasnt even half the time beforehand. maybe something like 20 seconds? this is gonna change the gamemode a lot more, and given the status of the ridiculous lootpool, you do kinda need some leeway.

Maybe try not to miss the trend by five years and actually change up the loot pool for once. The players were happy with the loot as it was, but you never listen—you’re always going against the community; I just don’t get it. And what’s the deal with this map? Why don’t you ever change things up? I mean, the 'Driver Axe' is in the game, and what do you do? You make everything ten times harder, and now everyone has to wait even longer. I have no idea how long this ridiculous map is going to stay, but it’s honestly wild that I can’t even change my quests because I’m forced to play the same map over and over again. Thanks for nothing—I’m loving this game more and more every day.

As if that weren’t enough don’t even get me started on your ranked system what you’ve put out is just atrocious. I keep waiting, expecting something better, but what do I get? It feels like the game is slowly turning into Genshin Impact I don’t get it at all. But whatever I hope you realize where your player base has gone.

Epic can we take out the Stranger things map? I don’t think Blitz Maps work for reload they’re not fun to play. Blitz is a separate game mode for a reason. I felt the same when Mini Venture was in the ranked rotation